When I was applying to undergraduate schools, I realized the significant effort that I had invested to achieve high GPAs, SATs, and the like. But I only thought of a school’s app as a “necessary evil” – just one of those things that needed to get crossed off… Only after the dings came in did I realize that I could have succeeded through more work.
Fast forward a decade later – I had progressed in my education/profession and now it was time for grad school. I wanted to find a more balanced approach to tackling the application process – and that’s how/why I found Adam.
Adam’s strengths are very clear:
-> Informative Blog: Even before I met him, I was impressed by the content on his blog. In his posts, he sincerely recommended that people find “fit” with their schools and not worry excessively about hard statistics, etc. In addition, his essay/goal analyses were right on the money and really helped me produce solid work in my applications.
-> Professional Coach: Adam knows the admissions process inside and out based on his years of professional experience and passion for helping his clients. That made life *much* easier as I worked my way through selecting schools, crafting my resume, writing my essays, and preparing for interviews. Adam gave me excellent feedback/advice along the way and didn’t back down from pushing me to churn out more rewrites/drafts until we both felt my work was solid. Moreover, Adam exemplifies what ethical coaching is all about because he kept guiding me to achieve more solely based on my own capacity, experience, and work (e.g. he is not an essay editor!).
-> Flexible: As his own brand, Adam controls the way he does business. He’s flexible to meet on Skype for just five minutes, talk face to face at a cafe (if you’re in Tokyo), or even just work things out over email. Also, he’s extremely good with with last minute schedule changes and if I had to cancel appointments he was quick to suggest alternative meeting times.
-> Friendly: Above all else, Adam is a friendly, good-natured, and easygoing Californian. Sharing my life-shaping experiences with Adam was easy because of his approachable nature. With a challenging year of GMATs, apps, and work it was always great to hear Adam crack a joke or give me an uplifting comment. I’m very honored to have had a chance to meet and work with Adam and will keep in touch with him in the future.
Bottom Line: I’d highly recommend Adam to anyone who is ready to work hard and commit themselves to pursue their MBA dreams. Thank you so much, Adam!